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Vitaly was convicted in September 2021 for causing bodily harm to police officer Vladislav Suvorov during a search on April 23, 2021. According to the prosecution, he slammed a door on the officer's fingers, causing fractures and scratches.
In court, Vitaly explained that he was at home with his family that day when he heard his wife scream. In the hallway, he saw his son and at least four men in tracksuits and masks, who were trying to force their way into the apartment without identifying them. In shock, he tried to hold the door open, unaware that they were police officers and unaware that he could have injured their fingers. Vitaly emphasized that if he had immediately realized they were police officers, the situation would not have happened.
The court sentenced him to restricted freedom with direction and payment of large compensation.
Left Belarus.
In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Maria, an English teacher at the Baranovichi Gymnasium, was convicted in September 2021 for her comment under a photo of Interior Ministry officer Vadim Yakimchik on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus": "...and I used to hang out with this d**k when I was younger..." A linguistic examination determined that the word "d**k" has a derogatory connotation and insults human dignity.
Yakimchik later filed a lawsuit for compensation for "moral damages," and in July 2022, the court upheld the claim.
Vladimir was convicted in 2021 for a comment he left on the social network Odnoklassniki—"...we need to kick this scum out..."—addressing traffic police inspector and police major Andrei Bagryonok, who actively participated in the beating of peaceful protesters in Svetlogorsk on August 9–10, 2020.
Released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Gleb is the director of the Ikvadrat web design studio in Grodno. On August 10, 2020, he was brutally beaten by security forces and taken to the emergency room with injuries. In August 2021, following a search of his home and office, Gleb was detained. On September 8, it was announced that he had been charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions."
In December of that year, Gleb was convicted of participating in a post-election protest in August 2020 in Grodno and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. While in the correctional facility, Gleb was also tried under the administrative law for "disseminating extremist materials."
In May 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Kirill was found guilty of engaging in acts that grossly violated public order between 1:59 PM and 7:20 PM on September 13, 2020, in Minsk. He shouted slogans, clapped loudly, moved in a chain of vehicles, and disturbed the peace. According to the prosecution, he acted for selfish motives and in collusion with a group of individuals. He was also found guilty of violating the rules of his previous sentence—two years of house arrest—during which he committed numerous violations.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Konstantin was convicted in June 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.
In April 2022, a court hearing was held to discuss the change of regime, resulting in the prison sentence being replaced with a prison term in a penal colony.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Dmitry was convicted in September 2021 for a comment on Odnoklassniki under a photo of Andrei Komar, a senior district inspector in the Pervomaisky District of Babruisk. Komar failed to appear at the hearing and demanded 1,000 rubles in moral damages, but Dmitry only acknowledged possible damages of 10 basic units.
Vera was convicted in September 2021 for a comment she left in October 2020 about police officer Vitaly Shnyavin. The comment was published on Instagram (in the "Typical Vitebsk" public group) under a post featuring photographs of Shnyavin, one of which was taken on September 13, 2020, during a mass protest in Vitebsk, during which a police officer used tear gas.
According to human rights activists, Vera was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Alexander was arrested in May 2021 and convicted in September of that year of "violence or threat of violence against law enforcement officers." According to investigators, on October 12, 2020, on Dzerzhinsky Avenue in Minsk, he and others, while intoxicated, resisted police officers, threatened them with violence, and threw a beer glass toward a police bus. He pleaded not guilty to the crime.
In October 2022, a court hearing was held on the charge of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility," as a result of which Alexander was sentenced to another year of imprisonment.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was convicted in September 2021 for a comment he left in a Telegram channel under a photograph of a public safety police officer from the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Brest.
According to human rights activists, he was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Andrei was convicted in August 2021 for a comment he left on the "Borovki Svobodnye" Telegram channel under a photograph of former Interior Minister Yuri Karaev.
According to human rights activists, he was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Vladimir was convicted in September 2021 for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photograph of Vitaly Kuleshov, head of the Gantsevichi District Police Department. According to the prosecution, he intended to intentionally disparage the authority, honor, and dignity of a law enforcement officer and publicly insult him.
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Irina, a Russian citizen, was arrested on May 28, 2021, in Brest and convicted in September of that year for a tweet published on May 23. It contained a link to a LiveJournal post reprinting a BBC Russian Service report on the incident with the Ryanair flight carrying Roman Protasevich. She added her own headline to the reprint: "Lukashenko's latest crime: an act of state aviation piracy." The expression "an act of state aviation piracy" was used in the BBC text as a quote from the Greek Foreign Ministry's response.
On September 1, 2022, she was released after serving her sentence and immediately deported to Russia with a 10-year ban on entering Belarus.
Vladimir was found guilty of "resisting law enforcement officers or other persons maintaining public order" in Minsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020. He was sentenced to restricted freedom and ordered to pay substantial compensation to the "victims."
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Ilya was arrested in May 2021 and found guilty in September of that year of "inciting hatred or discord" for posting a message in the "Elektorat" Telegram chat describing methods for combating law enforcement officials in connection with the 2020 protests following the presidential elections.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.